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Egypt police general gunned down in Sinai street 20 Sep 2015 - 10:34 am

An Egyptian miltary convoy in the North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish (AFP) CAIRO: Unidentified assailants gunned down an Egyptian police general on the...

Greeks vote on whether to give leftists another chance 20 Sep 2015 - 10:32 am

People read newspapers hanging outside a kiosk in Omonia Square in central Athens, Greece, September 19, 2015. BY JEREMY GAUNT ATHENS: Alexis Tsipras,...

NEWS ANALYSIS: In changed political landscape, will Amar-Mulayam 'bromance' bear fruit? 20 Sep 2015 - 10:26 am

By Mohit Dubey LUCKNOW: It is undoubtedly the most keenly followed 'bromance' of Uttar Pradesh. Every time former Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh...

Spying on Bose family proof Netaji was alive 20 Sep 2015 - 10:15 am

Members of the media look at confidential files on Indian nationalist and prominent figure of the Indian independence movement Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,...

Gujarat’s poster boy Patel detained 20 Sep 2015 - 10:08 am

Members of the Patel community run as they are dispersed by Indian police during a protest rally in Ahmedabad Surat: Apprehending a potential...

Pakistan bombs Taliban hideouts 20 Sep 2015 - 10:07 am

Pakistani soldiers patrol outside Air Force base, a day after it was attacked by militants in Peshawar, yesterday. PESHAWAR: Pakistani jets killed 16...

Thais defy ban on protest 20 Sep 2015 - 10:06 am

A demonstrator from the New Democracy Movement (NDM) group wears a mask during the Democracy Monument rally in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. BANGKOK: Hundreds...

Opponents vow to fight laws expanding Japan’s army role 20 Sep 2015 - 10:05 am

Protesters hold placards against Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial security bills near the National Diet in Tokyo, yesterday. Tokyo: Opposition groups yesterday...

EU countries tussle as migrant crisis deepens 20 Sep 2015 - 10:04 am

Migrants crowd the border crossing between Rigonce in Slovenia and Hamica in Croatia yesterday. Beli Manastir, Croatia: Thousands of migrants sought their way...

4,500 migrants rescued off Libya in a day 20 Sep 2015 - 10:03 am

Libyan Red Crescent workers in Tripoli port help migrants who were rescued after their boat sank off Libya. Rome: Twenty rescue operations yesterday...

Hollande in Morocco after torture row 20 Sep 2015 - 10:01 am

French President Francois Hollande speaks to journalists upon his arrival at Ibn Battouta airport in Boukhalef, 10km south of Tangiers, Morocco, yesterday. Tangiers,...

More arrests over 'El Chapo' prison escape in Mexico 20 Sep 2015 - 10:01 am

A vendor shows a t-shirt with the face of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera for sale in the popular and dangerous Tepito neighborhood...

Egypt floods tunnels 20 Sep 2015 - 09:57 am

A Palestinian youth shows how to abseil into one of the tunnels on the Gaza side after Egyptian forces flooded smuggling tunnels beneath...

Sharif Ismail is Egypt’s new prime minister 20 Sep 2015 - 09:52 am

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) meets with Sharif Ismail at the presidential palace in Cairo. Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi swore in...

870 Trucks Enter Gaza 20 Sep 2015 - 09:49 am

GAZA: Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip said that the Karam Abu Salem crossing was opened on Sunday morning...

China launches new type of carrier rocket 20 Sep 2015 - 09:40 am

SHANGHAI: China on Sunday launched a new, smaller type of rocket from its "Long March" family which will be primarily used for carrying...

Coalition warplanes pound interior ministry in Sana’a 20 Sep 2015 - 01:35 am

SANA’A: Aircraft from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Yemen’s interior ministry in the capital, Sana’a, late on Friday and launched several other raids on...

Democratic donors urge Biden to challenge Clinton in U.S. 2016 race 20 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

US Vice President Joe Biden. BY LUCIANA LOPEZ AND JAMES OLIPHANT NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: A group of prominent Democratic Party fundraisers on Friday began...